Electronic mail "spamming" refers to the practice of flooding the Internet with an unsolicited electronic mail note addressed to hundreds or thousands of recipients, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. It has also been called "junk e-mail". Some definitions of spam indicate that the messages are for the purpose of commercial advertising, which is for the most part true, but not always. Click this link for information on how to handle spam, or click this link to report spam..

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